Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

Gerhard Oldiges of Marburg

• Year:

  Expected January - February 2012.

• Body:

  Spanish cypress - in three pieces.
  The neck is of central American cedar with ebony fingerboard.

• Front:

  European spruce with a tornovoz in the soundhole. The bridge is unlike the typical modern bridge and does not have a saddle - see photo.

• Tuners:

  Rodgers with horn buttons. The Torres original will probably have had a peg-head and much later converted to machine tuners.

• Scale:

  65 cm

• Neck Width:

  51.5 mm

• Condition:

  New, all shellac french-polished.

• Comments:

  The original guitar 1856 "La Leona“ was built by the great spanish master Antonio de Torres and was restored a few years ago in Germany. Stefano Grondona and Wulfin Lieske have made recordings with “La Leona” which belongs to a German collector and is often played in public recitals by Wulfin Lieske. The original and copies alike, are very light with a body resonance right down at D. The whole character of the guitar is very deep yet the treble has good, penetrating strength. It is a totally different and thrilling experience to play this style of instrument. Gerhard Oldiges has made seven or eight such guitars last one in 2009 was a super guitar. These require great care in the making and are a very limited edition hence a rare opportunity.

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